ror"Aurora" SummaryThe story, which relies heavily upon sexual references and drug use, opens with the first-person narrator and his friend, Cut, buying a stash of weed, some of which they use as they drive home to sort, weigh, and bag. Cut is eating cookies, but the narrator is waiting for his girlfriend. He notices that the places where she'd scratched him are healing. When she arrives, he notes that she's skinny "like a twelve-year-old" and that she has the shakes, coming down off some drug. They have sex, and she begs him to "go easy," but he's high and hormonal and hurts her, anyway. He feels badly about it the next morning. "A Working Day" is the next section in the story, wherein theprotagonist and his friends are out selling drugs, including the marijuana they bought the day before, but also some cocaine. They sell to kids and older people

AURORAJunot Diaz’s Aurora is a short story that illustrates a less than perfect relationship between the narrator and his on again-off again, drug addicted girlfriend. The two lovers have anything but a healthy relationship, though somehow they always stay connected. The story takes place in a gritty part of New Jersey, and the author uses literary elements such as tone, character, and point-of-view to depict a realistic and volatile relationship between two lovers. The overall tone of Aurora is realistically laid out and unforgiving in the use of profanity and sometimes harsh descriptions. The narrator is truthful and doesn’t leave anything to the imagination. The reader is easily able to develop a real sense of discord throughout the story. Some may describe Aurora as a short story with offensive language, but without Diaz’s blatant use of word choice and description, the story would not have the same impact on readers. Diaz’s use of character throughout the story gives the reader a realistic view into the world of drug abuse, domestic violence, and the urban setting of some of New Jersey’s Dominican...

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OK, so what is asummary?
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When you are in class, take as many notes as you possibly can. In college, professors will tend to leverage off of the lectures more than the books, as this can help you to get better grades on tests. Also, taking notes is a very important skill that you will need throughout college so it is important to practice.
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Good and poor examples of executive summariesThis is a GOOD example from an Accounting & Finance assignment.
Footnote Executive Summary
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability, liquidity and financial stability of Outdoor Equipment Ltd. Methods of analysis include trend, horizontal and vertical analyses as well as ratios such as Debt, Current and Quick ratios. Other calculations include rates of return on Shareholders Equity and Total Assets and earnings per share to name a few. All calculations can be found in the appendices. Results of data analysed show that all ratios are below industry averages. In particular, comparative performance is poor in the areas of profit margins, liquidity, credit control, and inventory management.
The report finds the prospects of the company in its current position are not positive. The major areas of weakness require further investigation and remedial action by management.Recommendations discussed include:
improving the average collection period for accounts receivable·
improving/increasing inventory turnover·
reducing prepayments and perhaps increasing inventory levels
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...SUMMARY WRITING
A. Definitions
1. Outlining
An outline is a structural skeleton of the main points of the material as they appear in chronological, rather than logical, order.
2. Paraphrase
Paraphrasing, the restatement of another writer's ideas in your own words
3. Summary
Summarizing, the brief restatement of a longer text in fewer words than the original text. The most important feature of a summary is that it is short, almost always fewer than 250 words. It is a piece of writing about another piece of writing. Its purpose is to condense a long piece of writing into a concise summation of its meaning. Note: Summaries are short accounts of things (including texts).
4. Precis
Short accounts of texts only.
B. Why teach Summary?
To help students:
1. In English
2. In other subjects
3. In the real world.
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Reading
Students need to read as much as they can to broaden their knowledge of the language as much as possible.
Comprehension
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Selection of Information
identify the main topic
become aware of the gist of the passage
identify topic sentences and key words and phrases in each paragraph
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...Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Aurora Leigh.
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> Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of England’s most renown female poets. She was most famous for her rebellious and righteous ideals on reformation and feminism. Elizabeth Barrett Browning uses her life’s odyssey as a muse to express influential sentiments of love and feminism in her masterpiece “Aurora Leigh” which continues to inspire and shape young women of today.
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> The background story and experience the famous female poet draws from begins with her birth. Elizabeth Moulton Barrett Browning’s was born on March 6th, 1806 in Durham, England was born into the family of Mary Graham Clarke and Edward Moulton Barrett She was the oldest out of eleven children and was also her father’s favorite child. Not only was she the great-granddaughter of a West-Indian slaver, but also her father was an investor in colonial Jamaica. Not much is known about the Barrett Browning’s mother, because she makes little to no appearances in Barrett’s works.
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> While the males in Barrett Browning's family received school education, she began to read heavy tomes at a young age. She taught herself Greek, Latin, and Hebrew with the aid of her brother’s tutor. Her father would bring her epic poems such as The Rape of the Lock, Dante's Infermo, and Paradise Lost.
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Alexandria Ferlo
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November 18th 2013
Aurora Colorado Shooting July 20, 2013
The event I chose to talk about is the Aurora Colorado movie theatre shooting on July 20, 2012. The shooting killed 12 people and injured 58 others. James Holmes who is now 25 years old and was a former doctoral student in neuroscience. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reasoning of insanity to his charged of murdering 12 people and attempting to murder dozens more. Holmes is currently awaiting formal arraignment for 166 charges, including murder, attempted murder and weapons offenses. And 14 people have recently filed legal documents indicating they are planning to sue Dr. Lynne Fenton, the psychiatrist who treated Holmes, and the University of Colorado Denver, where she worked, for negligence. (cnn.com)
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